Comments on: Enchanted Night by Yangchen Lin http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/ Photo of the Day Contest Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Yangchen Lin http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-257190 Yangchen Lin Sat, 28 May 2011 20:55:15 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-257190 Very sorry I only just came across this page realising it had been commented on since 3 years back! It makes me happy that most people saw and went away admiring the mushrooms rather than spend that time worrying about the photo's technical and artistic shortfalls. This photo was so gratifying because of the challenges in manoeuvring the camera into ground level in thick jungle and having to use such long exposures plus equally long and excruciating dark-frame subtractions. Luminous mushrooms are usually 30-second shutters in my area, but these ones were glowing extremely weakly. You wouldn't have spotted them if you were walking in anything other than total darkness with your light turned off, which was what I did. I have since taken another photo which I deem better, with a mind-numbing 15-minute exposure + another 15 minutes' dark-frame subtraction, the colour again originating wholly and naturally from the mushrooms, with superb noise control from the D3 this time: http://yangchen.smugmug.com/Photography/Natural-history/8619746_qXmwY#568628457_TSQxx-A-LB happy shooting! Very sorry I only just came across this page realising it had been commented on since 3 years back! It makes me happy that most people saw and went away admiring the mushrooms rather than spend that time worrying about the photo’s technical and artistic shortfalls. This photo was so gratifying because of the challenges in manoeuvring the camera into ground level in thick jungle and having to use such long exposures plus equally long and excruciating dark-frame subtractions. Luminous mushrooms are usually 30-second shutters in my area, but these ones were glowing extremely weakly. You wouldn’t have spotted them if you were walking in anything other than total darkness with your light turned off, which was what I did. I have since taken another photo which I deem better, with a mind-numbing 15-minute exposure + another 15 minutes’ dark-frame subtraction, the colour again originating wholly and naturally from the mushrooms, with superb noise control from the D3 this time:

http://yangchen.smugmug.com/Photography/Natural-history/8619746_qXmwY#568628457_TSQxx-A-LB

happy shooting!

]]> By: Deborah Flowers http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-231292 Deborah Flowers Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:23:30 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-231292 Very interesting and yes, to me a great capture! It's art! Very interesting and yes, to me a great capture! It’s art!

]]> By: Renee http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-172613 Renee Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:12:17 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-172613 such great color! such great color!

]]> By: Su http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-172539 Su Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:55:46 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-172539 I like this, never seen anything like this before. I like this, never seen anything like this before.

]]> By: mike http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-171147 mike Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:10:06 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-171147 Very cool. Very cool.

]]> By: mark http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69374 mark Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:17:53 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69374 To each his own Kirk. Does every comment on this site have to be unreserved praise. To me it is an extremely interesting subject but I do not think it is a particularly good photograph. Purely as an image it does nothing for me, the only value lies in the fact that we are looking at bioluminescent mushrooms. But that is just my opinion and it isn't worth much. I think the rest of Yangchen's site is fantastic by the way. To each his own Kirk. Does every comment on this site have to be unreserved praise. To me it is an extremely interesting subject but I do not think it is a particularly good photograph. Purely as an image it does nothing for me, the only value lies in the fact that we are looking at bioluminescent mushrooms. But that is just my opinion and it isn’t worth much. I think the rest of Yangchen’s site is fantastic by the way.

]]> By: Sue Gagnon http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69254 Sue Gagnon Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:35:12 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69254 Excellent-ly compelling and intriguing photograph. Very interesting, and simply neat. Excellent-ly compelling and intriguing photograph. Very interesting, and simply neat.

]]> By: ollie http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69244 ollie Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:00:10 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69244 heh "no photoshop", I like that. It's a very good shot. The bottom of that particular mushroom in the top left is very cool. Just wondering, what do they look like without the 4 minute exposure? Could i be walking in the woods and see them glowing like that? heh “no photoshop”, I like that. It’s a very good shot. The bottom of that particular mushroom in the top left is very cool. Just wondering, what do they look like without the 4 minute exposure? Could i be walking in the woods and see them glowing like that?

]]> By: Kirk Jordan http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69239 Kirk Jordan Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:57:11 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69239 To Mark: "Great" is a word with multiple meanings. This is not a photo of a grand or "weighty" thing, but it is presented with superior skill. Beyond that, this certainly is a wonderful photo, as wonder occurs both on the grand scale and on the small. In as much as Yangchen Lin has shown us an amazing and seldom seen part of our Earth, it certainly deserves to be here. I am always pleased when the editors give us a wide range of photos to enjoy. To Mark: “Great” is a word with multiple meanings. This is not a photo of a grand or “weighty” thing, but it is presented with superior skill. Beyond that, this certainly is a wonderful photo, as wonder occurs both on the grand scale and on the small. In as much as Yangchen Lin has shown us an amazing and seldom seen part of our Earth, it certainly deserves to be here. I am always pleased when the editors give us a wide range of photos to enjoy.

]]> By: mark http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69236 mark Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:15:11 +0000 http://www.earthshots.org/2008/10/enchanted-night-by-yangchen-lin/#comment-69236 it's very interesting but is it a great photo? it’s very interesting but is it a great photo?

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